I am working on a short grammatical text in Pali called the Kaccāyanasāra, composed in Burma, probably around the 14th century. It is a Pali version of Caṅgadāsa's Sambandhopadeśa. Not all verses, however, derive from Caṅga. Some seem to be borrowed from a certain sakkatagantha "Sanskrit book", cited in the navaṭīkā on the Kaccāyanasāra. One of the stanzas borrowed from the Sanskrit book is the following:

anādir ayam āloko saddakhyo yassa na pphuṭo ||
byañjate tassa satthena dīpo va gatiy' āvuto || 43 ||

The idea is quite common but I have been unable to find the exact Sanskrit source for this text and I would be most grateful if anyone could offer help. Maybe it is simply a recast from other famous stanzas with similar meaning.

Many thanks and best wishes,

Aleix

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